Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES -- Concerned about a future of dramatically rising hydro bills, people across the province will be uniting in their cities to protest.“It is going to keep climbing,” said Doug Little of hydro prices. He is one of three local organizers who are spearheading a protest in
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl.Timmins Police Service reports that 15-year-old Havin Peddie was last seen leaving a residence in Schumacher on the afternoon of March 12.Police suspect she may be in the Cobalt, Haileybury or New Liskeard area.“It
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMAGAMI – Fire has destroyed a Temagami lodge that was also the owners’ home.“It’s a total loss,” said Temagami Fire Chief Jim Sanderson of the March 20 fire at Lowell Lake Lodge.The owners of the lodge, Evert and Hendrika Krygsman, were unhurt in the fire. But he said
Drum circle raises funds for trail groupSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter HAILEYBURY — The sound of drumbeats could be heard officially welcoming in spring last Friday as approximately 20 people gathered at the President’s Suites for the Spring Equinox Drum Circle.Participants not only felt moved by the rhythm of the spring equinox, they
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter MONTREAL RIVER -- So far, the Montreal River’s pre-freshet season “seems to be normal,” Coleman Township Mayor Dan Cleroux says.He and other municipal leaders along the Montreal River have been working closely with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), as they watch
Ontario residents, and in particular rural Ontario residents, have every reason to be doubtful about the ability of the current provincial government to properly manage the hydro system and the agencies which oversee it.The Ontario Ombudsman has stepped into a portion of the mess and inspired an apology which was
We will be voting in municipal elections in October. We may be going to vote in a provincial election this spring. And right now, across the border, our Quebec neighbours are in the midst of a provincial election campaign with voting day April 7.While it may be true that on
Like most Northerners, it’s been some time since I’ve seen a natural body of water. I have heard it said that there is as much as four feet of ice out on Lake Temiskaming. We need one of those icebreakers to come along and break it up, and even better,
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART -- Englehart area municipalities are hoping the Englehart and District Chamber of Commerce can revive and continue to run.Evanturel Township clerk-treasurer Amy Vickery Menard reported to council that the “Chamber is back up and running, and they are going to function for 2014.” She was speaking at
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